{"id":765,"date":"2026-01-21T10:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=765"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:34:10","slug":"mindbridges-2026-data-science-challenge","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/event\/mindbridges-2026-data-science-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"MindBridge&#8217;s 2026 Data Science Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<p>MindBridge, the leader in AI-powered financial decision intelligence, is announcing the return of its Data Science Challenge in partnership with Carleton University. Now in its second year, the challenge invites Carleton\u2019s undergraduate and graduate students in technical disciplines to solve a financial analytics problem using advanced AI techniques. This year the focus is all about AI agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 Data Science Challenge begins on <strong>Wednesday, January 28, 2026<\/strong>, with a MindBridge-hosted lecture on Agentic AI, design patterns, and applications, providing participants with essential context on LLMs, AI agents, and agentic workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Challenge Details<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>: Open to all data science, science, computer science, engineering graduate and undergraduate students from Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Start Date &amp; Lecture: January 28, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. in HP 5345, Carleton University.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Discord server:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/Es9mrhtEDp\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/Es9mrhtEDp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Submission Deadline:<\/strong> March 13, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Winners Announced:<\/strong> March 31, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbridge.ai\/?utm_campaign=13872454-2025%20Q2%20Data%20Science%20Challenge&#038;amp;utm_source=Press%20release&#038;amp;utm_medium=Press%20release\">Learn More about MindBridge Here!<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Prizes &amp; Career Opportunities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions will be evaluated based on performance, creativity, innovation, and presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top entries will receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1st Place<\/strong>: MacBook Pro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> iPad Pro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> iPad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As a leader in AI transformation, MindBridge is also offering winners of this challenge an interview for a paid internship at MindBridge in Ottawa, Ontario. Those selected will have the opportunity to contribute to MindBridge\u2019s mission of helping organizations navigate evolving financial risks, using AI as a key driver of transparency, efficiency, and informed decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>About MindBridge Analytics Inc.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MindBridge is the leader in AI-powered financial decision intelligence. The MindBridge platform empowers finance teams to analyze 100% of financial transactions in real time, enabling organizations to detect risk, surface anomalies, and optimize performance with greater speed and accuracy. At the core of the platform is the Central Insights Factory \u2014 a proprietary AI engine that transforms complex financial data into trusted, actionable insights. Trusted by auditors, finance leaders, and regulators around the world, MindBridge delivers transparent, explainable AI that strengthens internal controls, enhances compliance, and supports smarter financial decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[37,34],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-765","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-data-day","cu_event_type-events"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-01-28T01:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-01-28T00:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"HP","cu_event_meeting_room":"HP 5345","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/765\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/datascience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}